During the [[Donbas war]] crisis of the winter of 2022, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said of ''Bloomberg'': “Bloomberg has publicized utter jaw-dropping fake news recently, claiming that [[Xi Jinping]] had asked [[Putin]] not to attack [[Ukraine]] during the Olympic Games...Frankly speaking, I did not expect this level of [[disinformation]] from ''Bloomberg'' not because it is an unconfirmed fact but because it is sheer impossibility and unbelievable stupidity...I could have expected it from some US newspaper but not from ''Bloomberg''…They used to be less susceptible to these types of propped-up [[leak]]s, but now they seem to have given up on that.”<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1392335</ref> | During the [[Donbas war]] crisis of the winter of 2022, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said of ''Bloomberg'': “Bloomberg has publicized utter jaw-dropping fake news recently, claiming that [[Xi Jinping]] had asked [[Putin]] not to attack [[Ukraine]] during the Olympic Games...Frankly speaking, I did not expect this level of [[disinformation]] from ''Bloomberg'' not because it is an unconfirmed fact but because it is sheer impossibility and unbelievable stupidity...I could have expected it from some US newspaper but not from ''Bloomberg''…They used to be less susceptible to these types of propped-up [[leak]]s, but now they seem to have given up on that.”<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1392335</ref> |